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Programming Achievements: How to Level Up as a Developer

This gist is part of a blog post. Check it out at:

http://jasonrudolph.com/blog/2011/08/09/programming-achievements-how-to-level-up-as-a-developer

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# Write the tag class and the methods to make the specs pass

describe Tag do

  def tag(name, options = {})
    Tag.new(name, options).show
  end

  it "instantiate itself" do
    Tag.new(:p).should_not be_nil

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# Objective:
# Rewrite each of the methods, espressions or statements into better
# readable and idiomatic Ruby code


  def getDnaLab(lab_name)
    DnaLab.get_all.each do |lab|
      if lab.name == lab_name
        return lab
      end

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# The goal is take type specific conditionals out of a class and use polymorphism to let each class handle their own responsibilities


class Animal
  def initialize(type)
    @type = type
  end

  def eat
    "eating... nom nom"

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##############################################################################

# Add specs here to help drive functionality in the Post class

#post_spec.rb

require 'post'

describe Post do
  it "should exist :)" do

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# post.rb ############

module Commentable
  attr_accessor :comments

  def setup_comments
    @comments ||= []
  end

  def add_comment(comment)

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# Objective:
# Rewrite each of the methods, espressions or statements into more into better
# readable and idiomatic Ruby code


  def getDnaLab(lab_name)
    DnaLab.all.each do |lab|
      if lab.name == lab_name
        return lab
      end

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require 'rubygems'
require 'highline/import'
require 'highline_menus_methods' #method definitions defined in external file

line = "="*72
puts line
say "Welcome to my math program"

#highline menu stuff...
loop do   #setup infinite loop

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require 'rubygems'
require 'pivotal-tracker'
require 'highline/import'

HighLine.track_eof = false


def story_filter(chosen_state)
  lambda {|story| story.owned_by == @name && story.current_state == chosen_state}
end

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require 'rubygems'
require 'twitter'
require 'highline/import'

username = ask("Please enter twitter name")

unless username.empty?

  size = 50 #limit to 50 followers arbitrarily